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It has been so moving and amazing to see all the messages posted in memory of the late and great Gareth Thomas on the site this week, so this feels a good time to share a new project that myself and Rodney are planning to organise over the coming year. The book when published will be dedicated to Gareth and will be a charity title, with Alzheimer’s Research UK as the beneficiary as this was a cause that he supported. It is planned to create an unofficial handbook about Blake’s 7, written by and for the fans, that will discuss the main characters and various elements of the show. With our fandom in a very dark place at the moment, I’m hoping it will be an encouragement for all to see an exciting new Blake’s 7 project that anyone can get involved with in the months to come as we recover from the shock of last week’s news. There’s no deadlines yet and no urgency to get involved, but I felt this was a good time to share something positive to look forward to that will also remember our collective loss and give to a good cause too.

Over the following posts, I’ll outline what we have so far and anyone that would like to get involved can post in reply straight away or leave it a few weeks – whenever you feel comfortable. In a way, I’m thinking of writers getting together on this as a sort of virtual group hug.

PS – the title is subject to change… if anyone has a nice idea for it, just let us know!

Reversing the polarity of the neutron flow. I bet that means something. It sounds great.

Section one will consist of a discussion about each of the main characters in turn; character background, personality, relationships, strengths and weaknesses, good and bad moments, controversies, popular fan theories and so on. Reference to the actor is fine, and overlap with other people's essays is inevitable to an extent so also not to be worried about.

BlakeAvonVilaGanJennaServalan
Tarrant
TravisCally
Soolin
Dayna

If you would like to write about a character, please just post a reply or PM me whenever. No hurry. The essays in red are not available to volunteer for at the moment, but of course things always change and I'll post updates.
Edited by Spaceship Dispatcher on 19 April 2016 12:35:51

Reversing the polarity of the neutron flow. I bet that means something. It sounds great.

Section two will cover quite a range of topics that we hope will be interesting!

Artificial Intelligence: Zen, Orac and Slave
How is AI portrayed in the Blake's 7 universe? How do the main computers' personalities differ?

Dystopian Visions: the sets and locations
How set design and choice of locations created a distinctive vision of the future and far away worlds.

The Women of Blake’s 7
A discussion of how Blake's 7 gave many strong roles to women, not only main characters but also guests.

The Federation
On Earth, in space, and on its many colonies. The Federation was almost real, so what do we know about it?

Alien Worlds
A detailed journey through the politics and culture of the alien worlds seen in the show

Setting the Mood: the music
The music of Blake's 7 played a large part in creating the unique atmosphere of the show

Future Fashion: costume design
Exploring how the fashions of the main characters, guests and extras added to show and made it special

Maximum Power: space travel of the future
Many space craft were seen in action over the course of the show; we explore variety in concept and design

Physics and science in the Blake’s 7 Universe
No futuristic fantasy is complete without some extraordinary science; but was it really all pure fantasy?

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Again, no hurry with this but if you would like to tackle one of these subjects please reply here or drop me a PM whenever you feel ready. Many thanks to those who have already taken on essays in section one!
Edited by Spaceship Dispatcher on 24 April 2016 18:51:21

Reversing the polarity of the neutron flow. I bet that means something. It sounds great.

*One good review by a fan of the episode, and one review by someone more critical

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There's no real limit to how many of these bite sized entries each person can write, but we are looking for one positive review and one critical review for each episode plus a brief plot synopsis. If you would like to describe or review one or more episodes, again please reply or drop me a PM at any time! At the moment, none of the reviews are taken...

Reversing the polarity of the neutron flow. I bet that means something. It sounds great.

I wouldn't mind tackling Harvest as well with a positive review! Don't want to hog things but as you can see I love writing so I'm happy to take up the slack if no one wants to take on a topic. Just let me know.

I wouldn't mind tackling Harvest as well with a positive review! Don't want to hog things but as you can see I love writing so I'm happy to take up the slack if no one wants to take on a topic. Just let me know.

There's 104 mini-reviews needed, so no worries there

Reversing the polarity of the neutron flow. I bet that means something. It sounds great.